Alice Paul
American suffragist, feminist, and activist (1885-1977) · United States · On the map · Lawyers · Died at 92
Alice Stokes Paul was an American Quaker, suffragette, suffragist, feminist, and women's rights activist, and one of the foremost leaders and strategists of the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits sex discrimination in the right to vote.
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Paul and Helen Gardener, c. 1908-1915
Paul in 1915
Inez Milholland leading the Woman Suffrage Procession on horseback in 1913
Cover to the program for the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession, which Paul organized![Paul toasting (with grape juice) passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26, 1920[24]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Alice_paul.jpg/1280px-Alice_paul.jpg)
Paul toasting (with grape juice) passage of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26, 1920[24]![Alice Paul's first vote for president (1920)[28]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Alice_Paul%27s_first_vote_for_president_09_02_1920.jpg/1280px-Alice_Paul%27s_first_vote_for_president_09_02_1920.jpg)
Alice Paul's first vote for president (1920)[28]
In January 2019, the House and Senate introduced resolutions to remove the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, which was added in 1972 and which Paul accurately predicted would compromise the ERA's chances for success.Awards
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Paul initiated, and along with Lucy Burns and others, strategized events such as the Woman Suffrage Procession and the Silent Sentinels, which were part of the successful campaign that resulted in the amendment's passage in August 1920.
